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G Radu

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[Use and evaluation of radiophotography in the ambulatory care of lung diseases].

In the methodological cabinet for pneumology of the Institute of Phtysiology, radiophotography was employed in the following fields: a) screening of acute and chronic pneumopathies as appears from : the increase in the number of cases of non-specific pneumopathies as compared with cases of tuberculosis and the quantitative contribution of the method reflected in the fact that over 80% of the cases with non-specific pneumopathies were detected by radiophotography; b) diagnosis -- by comparing with the data recorded in the files, multiple incidences (front, posterior lordosis, profile); locally pointed (targeted) photographs, rf quantified functional tests in cases suspected of C.O.B.P.: c) follow-up of the evolution of dispensary cases and of the therapeutical effect; d) scientific research and teaching activities through epidemiological and pathogenesis studies, thus allowing for a valorification of the files over a 16 years period. The use of the radiophotographic method in the activity of a cabinet of pneumology is necessary especially because it allows for an early detection, a superior morphological diagnosis, as compared with radioscopy (fluoroscopy), for an objective and economical follow-up of the cases, providing at the same time material for scientific research and teaching demonstrations.

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[Frequency of chronic bronchitis in an intensely polluted urban zone. Preliminary results in children. Analysis of the implicated factors].

The starting point is that environment factors induce chronic bronchitis in adults and children and that the disease in adult is a consequence of respiratory tree susceptibility which might be better evidenced during childhood. The authors have studied a group of children aged 0--14 years in a highly air-poluted workers' quarter in the city of Baia-Mare. The frequence of chronic bronchitis was 10.3% with higher values in children below 5 years and over 10 years, the age group 5--9 years being a group with higher resistance to this disease. The figures are three times higher in boys than in girls, on possible endogenous factors. The girls could be, however, more subjected to "passive smoking" because of smokers presence in family and in bed room. The number of children in a family did not correlate with chronic bronchitis frequence. This frequence was significantly influenced by allergic and ear-nose-throat phenomena in the history, more evidently in 0--4 years and 10-14 years groups of age. These elements could be thus considered as risk factors. They also indicate the place to be acted upon in order to prevent chronic bronchitis in children.

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